Virden Waisner

Published: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 4:36 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 4:36 p.m.

A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, where he was a member. Burial with military honors will be in the church cemetery

The family will see friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. prior to the service at the church.

Mr. Waisner was born in Davidson County on April 12, 1920, to Albert Walter Waisner and Freda Lanier Waisner. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a retired knitting machine fixer with Thornton Knitting Co. and later worked a number of years with Kountry Korner Hardware until he was almost 90. He was married to Nora Lanier Waisner, who died April 2, 1984. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Martha Jones, and an infant son, Archie Albert Waisner.

<p>DENTON | Walter Virden Waisner, 93, of Surratt Road, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at his home.</p><p>A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, where he was a member. Burial with military honors will be in the church cemetery</p><p>The family will see friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. prior to the service at the church.</p><p>Mr. Waisner was born in Davidson County on April 12, 1920, to Albert Walter Waisner and Freda Lanier Waisner. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a retired knitting machine fixer with Thornton Knitting Co. and later worked a number of years with Kountry Korner Hardware until he was almost 90. He was married to Nora Lanier Waisner, who died April 2, 1984. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Martha Jones, and an infant son, Archie Albert Waisner. </p><p>Surviving are son Tony Waisner and wife Carol of Denton; daughter Khaki Rhodes of Denton; brothers Leroy Waisner and Edward Waisner, both of Thomasville; sister Cora Belle Brown of Thomasville; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.</p><p>Online condolences may be sent to www.briggsfuneralhome.com.</p><p>Briggs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.</p>